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that is that religions grow out of this awkward phase. again look at christianity. we've aged into young adulthood. now we can all laugh about the time we used to burn young girls at the stake for being left-handed. or as we called it back then, witch craft. >> jon: yeah, i don't think that's so funny. >> jon, that's because your religion is... in fact, how old are you? >> jon: we're 5773 today. obviously you don't look a day over 5729. that's a fact. >> jon: we've been jogging. you're glowing. it's working. the point, jon, is that we need to be patient with islam. they do not have it easy. remember, most teenagers have some means of escape from their insecurity. they smoke pot. they experiment with sex. all night bacon parties. reformation. muslims can't do any of that stuff right now. >> jon: you're saying if we just wait 300 to 400 years >> half a millennium at most. jon: then there will be peace peace? what? [bleep] no, jon. but if we're lucky, we will finally stop fighting over real or imagined insults to our religions and go back to fighting over what really m
that is that religions grow out of this awkward phase. again look at christianity. we've aged into young adulthood. now we can all laugh about the time we used to burn young girls at the stake for being left-handed. or as we called it back then, witch craft. >> jon: yeah, i don't think that's so funny. >> jon, that's because your religion is... in fact, how old are you? >> jon: we're 5773 today. obviously you don't look a day over 5729. that's a fact. >> jon: we've been...
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resolution to banal defamation of religion. egypt's new president morsi said his country respects freedom of expression, but he added not the freedom of expression that deepens ignorance and disregards others. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad once again generated controversy in a speech that accused what he called uncivilized zionists of threatening war against his country. protesters outside the u.n. denounced ahmadinejad's continued antisee mitttic language. many jews were upset it on yom kippur. several world leaders urged the u.n. to do more to end the conflict in syria. many warned of a looming crisis facing the nearly 300,000 syrian refuse fgees that pled to neighboring countries. they called for more international aid and said if the fighting doesn't end the number of refugees to rise to 700,000 by the end of the year. in addition to emergency aid, u.n. secretary-general moon said a top priority for the international community should be promoting sustainable development that will provide long-term help for poor coun
resolution to banal defamation of religion. egypt's new president morsi said his country respects freedom of expression, but he added not the freedom of expression that deepens ignorance and disregards others. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad once again generated controversy in a speech that accused what he called uncivilized zionists of threatening war against his country. protesters outside the u.n. denounced ahmadinejad's continued antisee mitttic language. many jews were upset it on...
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not a freedom of expression that targets of a specific religion or a specific culture. a freedom of expression that tackles extremism and violence, not the freedom of expression that deepens ignorance and disregards others. we also as we have said before, and we also stand firmly against the use of violence in objection to these sentiments. mr. president, before i conclude, i must say that the severity of the financial and economic crises must lead us to review the economic decision making process on behalf of people that do not participate in their preparation. they are the first to bear the negative consequences in growth and trade and environment, as well as on the social fabric of society. as a result of unfair trade rules and conditionality is imposed on the transfer of technology. and access to finances and development. and access to -- [inaudible] there is a need for a new, global, economic governance. i say there is an urgent need for a new economic global governance is centered on people and aiming at consolidating cooperation between partners in development on
not a freedom of expression that targets of a specific religion or a specific culture. a freedom of expression that tackles extremism and violence, not the freedom of expression that deepens ignorance and disregards others. we also as we have said before, and we also stand firmly against the use of violence in objection to these sentiments. mr. president, before i conclude, i must say that the severity of the financial and economic crises must lead us to review the economic decision making...
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combination of high religion and down to earth hard work than motivates these men. you're watching our tease the weekly thanks for being with us syria and iran have been at the center of a heated debate at the annual u.n. general assembly was russia calling for an end to some countries sidestepping the international body this as israel tried to draw up quite literally a case for intervention marina but ny reports from new york. as world leaders gathered for the annual u.n. general assembly international anger over and islamophobia american film was still blazing in the muslim world addressing the world body u.s. president barack obama condemned the video nonetheless defending the right to free speech as president of our country and commander in chief of our military i accept that people are going to call me awful things every day. and i will always defend their right to do so obama also pledged his support for arab spring nations like egypt and libya however when egypt's new president spoke at the un for the first time mohamed morsi said free speech will not be acce
combination of high religion and down to earth hard work than motivates these men. you're watching our tease the weekly thanks for being with us syria and iran have been at the center of a heated debate at the annual u.n. general assembly was russia calling for an end to some countries sidestepping the international body this as israel tried to draw up quite literally a case for intervention marina but ny reports from new york. as world leaders gathered for the annual u.n. general assembly...
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country like syria which like the old yugoslavia before it is a mosaic or different peoples different religions very multicultural society and that's something that many western politicians and western journalists are ignorant about when it comes to syria so as the russian government has been repeatedly saying only a peaceful solution will work for syria where both sides have to talk negotiate something as we just saw to cause a lot of days on. terror attacks in damascus i mean is this a sign of things worse to come. well but what we've seen this week the planting of a bomb near the ministry of defense in damascus and the killing of maya nasser the prestige they bear all the whole all the whole works of terrorism and what we must remember is that terrorism is terrorism it could be of course from a military perspective that the rebel forces in syria a frustrated that their tactics are not working they haven't taken over damascus as they said they would they haven't taken over a letter as they said they were perhaps they are becoming desperate and we are probably going to see more and more of the
country like syria which like the old yugoslavia before it is a mosaic or different peoples different religions very multicultural society and that's something that many western politicians and western journalists are ignorant about when it comes to syria so as the russian government has been repeatedly saying only a peaceful solution will work for syria where both sides have to talk negotiate something as we just saw to cause a lot of days on. terror attacks in damascus i mean is this a sign...
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as a time because they they are you know they hate us over there whenever you start speaking against religion especially when tensions are globally the way that they are yeah i think there definitely be some consequences well i could see how could my things complicated. where they would have an effect on the u.s. i'm not sure but you could use this as something against the u.s. do you think this could have a more dangerous consequence. really for the latest sure the anti islam ads be remain in new york city subway stations for a month and whether we could lead to more dire consequences than just sparking debate is exactly what will be to be seen. in our. new york. part of the early versions of there's a lovely critical being good to see you again i understand traders are looking to green screens for this they are indeed and we're actually going to go back to new york and check out the wall street figures that see what is happening because u.s. stocks they are indeed still managing to rise as home prices climbed more the full cost as well as that consumer confidence jumped in september to the
as a time because they they are you know they hate us over there whenever you start speaking against religion especially when tensions are globally the way that they are yeah i think there definitely be some consequences well i could see how could my things complicated. where they would have an effect on the u.s. i'm not sure but you could use this as something against the u.s. do you think this could have a more dangerous consequence. really for the latest sure the anti islam ads be remain in...
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and reassess religions, the teaching of religion in the society, and on this, it's going to be a big problem. we have two challenges on this field. the divisions from within the literalists and the reformists and the sufi and rationalists, divisions from within, and the big divide between shia and sunni is a challenge. the fourth one is about cultural, and i think that arabs and muslims are not taking this seriously. we are facing the world culture that is very much penetrating every sector within the society. if you look at the arab world, we have a problem. the arabic language, arab literature, the books, it's the creativity, where are the arabs when it comes to movies, art, entertainment, when it comes to democracy, it's not about rules only and rights, but about feeling good, being creative, producing something that's is of our perception of the world? where is it? who is promoting this? it's a challenge. we have to talk about art. we have to talk about beauty. it's part of the democracy thing. it has to do with freedom. it has to do with a sense of belonging within the society,
and reassess religions, the teaching of religion in the society, and on this, it's going to be a big problem. we have two challenges on this field. the divisions from within the literalists and the reformists and the sufi and rationalists, divisions from within, and the big divide between shia and sunni is a challenge. the fourth one is about cultural, and i think that arabs and muslims are not taking this seriously. we are facing the world culture that is very much penetrating every sector...
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stressed several times throughout the speech that egypt will not tolerate anyone who criticizes their religion or the prophet mohammad so he did address this issue an issue we should mention that following this anti-american sentiment that blew up in the arab world u.s. president barack obama gave an interview in which he said egypt is not an ally of the u.s. but it's also not an enemy of the egyptian president and his u.s. counterpart have not scheduled any bilateral meetings during this u.n.g.a. debate thank you for that. in new york. now we're also you can watch all the addresses of the un general assembly for yourself you can find them live feeds on our website at r.t. dot com right now david cameron is addressing the assembly and speaking more on syria to carrying the blood of young children is a terrible stain stain on his reputation he also spoke about speaking addressing the general assembly about iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad and his rhetorical . call for more on that you can watch that on our website at our dot com. now the words peace love and justice where used by after ext
stressed several times throughout the speech that egypt will not tolerate anyone who criticizes their religion or the prophet mohammad so he did address this issue an issue we should mention that following this anti-american sentiment that blew up in the arab world u.s. president barack obama gave an interview in which he said egypt is not an ally of the u.s. but it's also not an enemy of the egyptian president and his u.s. counterpart have not scheduled any bilateral meetings during this...
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this is a part of our principles in our culture and what our religion orders us to do. it keeps the safety of the guests for-- and the property-- same kind of property of egyptians and not egyptians. this is true and this is what's taking place and what took place. >> rose: so american embassies will be secure during protests-- not fro from protests but from violence. >> ( translated ): that is true, yes. from things that are taking place. egypt is a greatountry and a big country and has a great capability and is capable of safeguarding their guests and the organizations and establishments that come to egypt. egypt as a government and as an institution, as a group of institutions are capable of protecting those. >> rose: it's said that there was a heated, heated phone conversation between the president of egypt and the president of the united states. was there? >> ( translated ): it was warm, it was not hot. >> rose: okay. (laughs) what's the difference between warm and hot? >> it's the same difference between a friendship and being an enemy. >> rose: so the united stat
this is a part of our principles in our culture and what our religion orders us to do. it keeps the safety of the guests for-- and the property-- same kind of property of egyptians and not egyptians. this is true and this is what's taking place and what took place. >> rose: so american embassies will be secure during protests-- not fro from protests but from violence. >> ( translated ): that is true, yes. from things that are taking place. egypt is a greatountry and a big country...
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interview what is going on is not a fight for democracy and human rights inside syria it's a war of within religion within islam between sunni but not only sunni there was a bite salafi branch of sunni that dominate saudi arabia not the version of sunni that is endemic in turkey since the time of ataturk which is a very secular non-state involved until the government so if you have a war a sunni versus shia within islam you have the potential to blow up the ruston who are refineries in saudi arabia where all the workers all the skilled workers in the refineries are shia muslim and not sunni only the saudi royal family and a minority and or not a minority but. so they depend on outside labor so you have the potential to blow up the heart of the oil production of the world economy what would that do to europe western europe that would be devastated i don't think that. it would benefit the united states economy in any way shape or form i think these are political interests who stand above government above state and use the instrumentalities of state the state department the pentagon and so forth to pu
interview what is going on is not a fight for democracy and human rights inside syria it's a war of within religion within islam between sunni but not only sunni there was a bite salafi branch of sunni that dominate saudi arabia not the version of sunni that is endemic in turkey since the time of ataturk which is a very secular non-state involved until the government so if you have a war a sunni versus shia within islam you have the potential to blow up the ruston who are refineries in saudi...
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because they have a younger religion i wouldn't say they're that much. six hundred years younger than christianity that isn't the point. i think they're. brave that they can ignore any response from the muslim world. purpose. i think they were deliberately provoking the muslim world even if they could whatever those people are doing in denmark or they are. if we compare this with the response in the christian world first of all christians generally don't have such a strong reaction and second people often quote jesus said about turning the other cheek. you should forgive. those words about turning the other cheek literally or you think of so many other things in religion you shouldn't take those words at face value because we know that sometimes priests take up arms and go into battle with soldiers they would carry across cannot carry a weapon but there were some priests who would take up arms and i don't want to argue with you. for christ's words the other cheek. only applies to a situation. an attack is aimed against you personally in this case you sho
because they have a younger religion i wouldn't say they're that much. six hundred years younger than christianity that isn't the point. i think they're. brave that they can ignore any response from the muslim world. purpose. i think they were deliberately provoking the muslim world even if they could whatever those people are doing in denmark or they are. if we compare this with the response in the christian world first of all christians generally don't have such a strong reaction and second...
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the talk of freedom of speech, freedom of religion -- it was a speech about peace and getting together and how to communicate with others, so that was a little bit of a surprise because many people expected a tough- talking obama who would pump up the pressure on syria and on iran, but this was more like a classic un speech. >> there is still a lot of rhetoric on syria, but can we expect any u.n. action there? >> what we see so far -- well, we actually did not see it, but there was a close security council meeting on monday, and we heard u.s. -- un special envoy brahimi announce he was working on a security plan, but he kept his cards pretty close to the vest. he did not give away what this peace plan would look like. when we talked to the german foreign minister on tuesday, he said we should not get our hopes up too high, that he did not expect any ground-breaking there, that there was still this stalemate between russia and china on the one side of the security council and basically the western world on the other d frustration about the situation and the inability of the security cou
the talk of freedom of speech, freedom of religion -- it was a speech about peace and getting together and how to communicate with others, so that was a little bit of a surprise because many people expected a tough- talking obama who would pump up the pressure on syria and on iran, but this was more like a classic un speech. >> there is still a lot of rhetoric on syria, but can we expect any u.n. action there? >> what we see so far -- well, we actually did not see it, but there was...
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requires a firm stand egypt respects freedom of expression one that is not directed towards one specific religion or culture but the opening of the un general assembly is usually criticized as political theater with a lot of talk this year however there was no talking with us president barack obama the leader of the country hosting the un left immediately after his speech on day one and held no bilateral meetings on day to the eighth and final speech of the always controversial iranian leader so accusations of corrupt western politics and a subtle tipping of the hot to the occupy wall street movement are we to believe that those who spend hundreds of millions of dollars in election campaigns have the interests of the people of the world at their heart in the united states and in europe their voices are not heard even if they constitute ninety nine percent of their societies meanwhile israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for a military all tomato on iran over its nuclear program using some surprising methods to illustrate his point this is a bomb this is a fuse a red line should be dr
requires a firm stand egypt respects freedom of expression one that is not directed towards one specific religion or culture but the opening of the un general assembly is usually criticized as political theater with a lot of talk this year however there was no talking with us president barack obama the leader of the country hosting the un left immediately after his speech on day one and held no bilateral meetings on day to the eighth and final speech of the always controversial iranian leader...
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as a religion islam how is interpreted by human beings and how they create political projects with the idea of their position with the cause but that's a separate issue about within that spectrum you have various trends as you have with the other parts of the world you have muslims who see who see that democracy is a person i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break gentlemen now and after that short break we'll continue our discussion of future of the arab spring state. and. wealthy british style. but i know you guys are. all right and i would. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our really. good. my parents really truly honestly believe that what had happened was as a result of my father's exposure to agent orange i was born with multiple problems . i was missing my leg and my fingers and my big toe on my right foot i use my hands a lot in my artwork i find myself drawing my hands quite a bit to me for my hands you know just a
as a religion islam how is interpreted by human beings and how they create political projects with the idea of their position with the cause but that's a separate issue about within that spectrum you have various trends as you have with the other parts of the world you have muslims who see who see that democracy is a person i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break gentlemen now and after that short break we'll continue our discussion of future of the arab spring state. and....
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essentially is a religion is a set of values if it's really about how the individual relates to god and his position within the cosmos. take it further brutally in turn islamic project and say this islamic politics is really. we can turn into whatever we want to man made idea man made vision of how we want to imagine our society our politics to be so live as a religion islam how is interpreted by human beings and how they create political projects with the idea of their position with the cause but that's a separate issue about within that spectrum you have various trends as you have with any other parts of the world you have muslims who see who see that democracy is a person i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break gentlemen now and after that short break we'll continue our discussion of future of the arab spring state. and. place. overcoming a barrier like this seems impossible. but then you crave something higher. and when you reach stuff you. go do whatever it takes to get all the talk of the world on r.t. . if. gave you to be. elite. teams. there are those who ju
essentially is a religion is a set of values if it's really about how the individual relates to god and his position within the cosmos. take it further brutally in turn islamic project and say this islamic politics is really. we can turn into whatever we want to man made idea man made vision of how we want to imagine our society our politics to be so live as a religion islam how is interpreted by human beings and how they create political projects with the idea of their position with the cause...
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it involves all sections of the syrian people without discrimination based on race, religion, or sex. it will spare syria the danger of a military intervention, which we oppose, of course. egypt is also committed to supporting the mission of the special representative of the u.n. and the league of arab states to syria, and confirming current efforts aimed at unifying the opposition and encouraging its to propose a comprehensive, unified vision, to encourage the opposition to propose a unified vision, a comprehensive vision of the steady, a democrat, organized transfer of power in a manner that preserves the rights of all constituencies in syria and remains in the essential places in the new syria. the new syria, after the new egypt, god willing. i cannot stay here, to reiterate that egypt will work with these irrigation's for syria to -- with this arab nation to occupy its place in this world, an integral component of national security, of a larger home land that extends from the arab gulf to the atlantic ocean. there is a huge field of opportunity for cooperation and interaction with
it involves all sections of the syrian people without discrimination based on race, religion, or sex. it will spare syria the danger of a military intervention, which we oppose, of course. egypt is also committed to supporting the mission of the special representative of the u.n. and the league of arab states to syria, and confirming current efforts aimed at unifying the opposition and encouraging its to propose a comprehensive, unified vision, to encourage the opposition to propose a unified...
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sides a recent terror alteration on the border with russia comes under fire from the call attention of religion to who calls it a staged musgrave. you're watching are two a live from moscow with me tom would say good to have you with us first iran says it will not fly first in any military confrontation but is strong enough to repel an attack and would hit back with deadly force the statement comes in response to the israeli prime minister's speech at the un way he called for tougher international action to strangle iranian nuclear research and development is already is moving up on from new york. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu took to the podium to address the international body and presented somewhat of a show and tell why his diplomatic approach this year in his speech was to hold up somewhat of a cartoonish figure of a bomb to indicate what he believes is iran's nuclear program he was holding up this drawing literally drew a red line and it he indicated israelis believe that iran has enriched seventy percent. of your rhenium to make a bomb and at that ninety percent line these a
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he was pretty clear and pretty articulate on the subject you know that culture is very the role of religion in politics varies across the world and. you know there's not a western or one size fits all model for what democracy can look like in and at least in egypt they seem to be charting or at least beginning to chart their own way and mixing islam and democracy and trying to come up with a you know an approach to democracy that has actual cultural roots and i think that at least. you know an articulate view of mohamed morsi was quite articulate in the new york times on that subject you know what do you think about what's the role of islam and democracy and you know a tandem can they work together because western media a lot of pundits are very skeptical. they've been spectacle skeptical for a long time but i think those frameworks have collapsed with the arab spring we have seen. right left islam is religious non-religious all sorts of groups essentially what the populations want in the most essential is terms they want more voice in the government and more representation of course depend
he was pretty clear and pretty articulate on the subject you know that culture is very the role of religion in politics varies across the world and. you know there's not a western or one size fits all model for what democracy can look like in and at least in egypt they seem to be charting or at least beginning to chart their own way and mixing islam and democracy and trying to come up with a you know an approach to democracy that has actual cultural roots and i think that at least. you know an...
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but we have to build the alternative solution and it's not easy because you have different religions, different histories, you have the people who were outside -- >> what if there's a stalemate and the killing continues and continues and continues. >> first it means that the rules of the security council-- when you have two countries, great yis, russia and china-- saying no, and the fact that there is a continuous killing the public tensions, you, everybody says no, it doesn't make sense. i was saying this afternoon to the security council. we are the security council of the united nations. we are not the wall counsel of not united nations. we have to fulfill our roam to implement a role but today we do not. but if this massacre continues, i think, first, it will have terrible effects on the region, and maybe-- well, our principle, as i was saying, is to comply with the international legal rules. the time comes where the human pressure is too strong, and maybe the time is coming. >> rose: in other words, there may be a time you have to act even though you cannot get security council a
but we have to build the alternative solution and it's not easy because you have different religions, different histories, you have the people who were outside -- >> what if there's a stalemate and the killing continues and continues and continues. >> first it means that the rules of the security council-- when you have two countries, great yis, russia and china-- saying no, and the fact that there is a continuous killing the public tensions, you, everybody says no, it doesn't make...